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2003 Distinguished Professional Contributor Award Winners

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Distinguished Professional Contributor Awards Nomination Materials

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That Dirty Business of Politics (In a year of Psychology Sunset)

C. Alan Hopewell, PhD President Paul Burney, PhD President-Elect Melba J. T. Vasquez, PhD President-Elect Designate Deanna F. Yates, PhD Past-President Board Members Ron Cohorn, PhD Donna Davenport, PhD Richard Fulbright, PhD Charlotte Kimmel, PhD Kimberly McClanahan, PhD Robert McPherson, PhD Suzanne Mouton-Odum, PhD Roberta L. Nutt, PhD Dean Paret, PhD M. David Rudd, PhD Ollie Seay, PhD EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS

Rob Mehl, PhD

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Ronald F. Levant, APA President Elect

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From the Editor Elizabeth L. Richeson, PhD

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From the President C. Alan Hopewell, PhD

Randy Noblitt, PhD Federal Advocacy Coordinator Melba J. T. Vasquez CAPP Representative

Washington Update: A Social Contract on Health Care?

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From TPA Headquarters David White, CAE, Executive Director

Lane Ogden, PhD Texas Psychological Foundation President

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Inside TPA

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2003 PSY-PAC Contributors

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2003 Texas Psychological Fund Contributors

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2003 Sunrise Fund Contributors

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FROM THE EDITOR

Welcome to the first issue of the Texas Psychologist for 2004. I am ver y pleased to be the editor for this year and look for ward to an exciting and productive year. This year is a most significant year as we prepare for Sunset Review and the 2005 Legislative Session. One of my goals, with your help, is to suppor t the American Psychological Association’s plan to “make psychology a household word”. In an effor t to accomplish this, I encourage psychologists to become more active in their community, be available to print journalists and other media representatives, and offer at least one pro-bono ser vice each year. If each one of us does one thing to help our community we will also become more visible to the public at large.

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ne of my plans for this year is to have more substantive articles in the Texas Psychologist—articles that inform psychologists about ethical and legal concerns, treatment models with specific populations, or theories and research that are actively being sought. These articles do not have to follow an issue’s theme. This may be your chance to be published. Send submissions to elricheson@earthlink.net or Dr. Elizabeth L. Richeson, 600 Sunland

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Park Drive, 6-400, El Paso, TX 79912. See submission deadlines below.

include information on the convention.

The theme for this issue will be

The theme for this issue is “Scope of Practice” and presents all of the award winners for 2003. These awards were presented at our convention in November in Dallas. If you happen upon any of these winners please take a moment to congratulate them on the great job that they have done. Congratulations and thanks are also due to the new TPA Board of Trustee President, Dr. Alan Hopewell, and this year’s board members and exofficio members listed on the masthead page of each issue.

Please be sure to read the excellent articles in this issue. We are lucky to have a Washington Update by the APA President-Elect Dr. Ronald F. Levant focusing on health care and Dr. Rob Mehl’s article That Dirty Business of Politics to help us gear up for Sunset Review.

The summer issue will feature the Local Area Societies (LAS) and focus on “Happenings around the State.” I am inviting all of the LAS to contribute to this issue.

Please identify one person to write about your LAS and submit it for inclusion.

Submission deadline is April 5, 2004.

Fall is pre-convention time and will

“Academics and Training—the next generation.” Articles from psychology graduate-training programs or related articles would be most appreciated.

Submission deadline is June 3, 2004.

Finally, the winter issue is the convention issue. As we prepare for 2005 the theme will be “Legislature and Grassroots—preparation for Sunset Review.”

Articles informing us how your community of psychologists is preparing for Sunset Review and your legislative grassroots efforts will be solicited. Submission deadline is September 6, 2004.

The Texas Psychologist is your voice.

Please consider writing an article for possible inclusion in one of the issues for 2004. I look forward to hearing from you. ✯

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FROM THE PRESIDENT

From the quintessential city “where the west begins,” we in Ft. Worth want to wish everyone a truly happy new year. We are certainly facing a busy and important year for Texas psychology! This includes preparing for Sunset, anticipating offering a health plan for TPA members, and continuing progress on a number of initiatives that the TPA leadership has developed over the past recent years. One of these initiatives is moving forward with recommendations from President Bush’s Commission on Mental Health, the commission on which our 2003 TPA President, Dr. Yates, so ably served. Our deep appreciation is due to Dr. Yates for her dedicated service during one of the hardest legislative years ever faced by TPA—a year in which we saw TPA victories in the passage of a TSBEP subpoena bill, as well as movement of our Prescription Authority bill all the way to House Committee.

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ongratulations and welcome are also due to Dr. Melba Vasquez, TPA President–Elect Designate, and to our newest members of the Board of Trustees; Dr. Tim Branaman, Dr. David Rudd, and Dr. Donna Davenport. In addition, Drs. Lane Ogden and Randy Noblitt have agreed to serve as our new Federal Advocacy Coordinators (FACs). Dr. Ogden and Dr. Noblitt will be working on

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our Legislative 181 Project over the course of the year in which each of Texas’ 181 senators and legislative representatives will be assigned at least one psychologist as a permanent contact. This will ensure that legislators are apprised of the needs of psychology and that a grass roots organization of psychology will be effective.

The FACs will be working closely within the Legislative Plan, which will be overseen at the Central Office by Executive Director David White, President-Elect Dr. Paul Burney and coordinated with our new TPA lobbyist Chris Shields. We at the Board of Trustees are also excited about adding Mr. Shields to our legislative team. He brings a wealth of experience as well as a precise vision of how TPA may accomplish our goals over the next few years.

The major goal for TPA is to maintain and strengthen our licensing law as we go through this Sunset process both this year and formally during the 2005 legislative session. We actually started preparations for Sunset two years ago with the formation of a Sunset preparation committee, now skillfully chaired by Dr. Vasquez. We expect to be among the first in the Sunset process, so we must be

prepared early in the legislative session. As is true for each session, we also anticipate a number of potential challenges to our licensing bill, and we are working diligently to prepare for this before the session begins. We continue to need the support of all TPA members and all Texas psychologists. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of our Sunset efforts.

We at TPA frequently hear statements such as, “I belong to ‘such-and-such organization’ instead of TPA since it gets me referrals and provides support for my job.” However, please remember that when Sunset arrives, you will NOT see those organizations in Austin ensuring the continuation and integrity of YOUR psychology license. TPA is the ONLY professional organization that represents Texas psychologists in order to ensure that we continue to have licensing laws that permit us to practice, earn a living, and serve the citizens of Texas. During 2004, I expect each TPA member to not only work as hard as the Board and Sunset Committee in preparation for Sunset, but to recruit at least two new members to TPA to help us meet our common goals.

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working members, I would like to thank Dr. Betty Richeson of El Paso for agreeing to be the editor of the Texas Psychologist. Dr. Richeson’s theme for this year is “Making Psychology a Household Word”. Thanks also to Dr. Carol Grothues of Longview for being the Program Chair of our 2004 Annual Convention to be held in San Antonio. In that role, Dr. Grothues will help me develop my theme for the conference: “Resilience: The Role of Psychology Both in Private Therapy and in Public Policy.”

Recently General Carl Stiner, retired Commander-in-Chief of the United States Special Operations Command, which has been at the forefront in protecting all of us since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, listed a number of actions expected from leaders. These included: (1) accept responsibility, (2) create a healthy work environment, (3) serve as a role model, (4) serve as a mentor, (5) always demand the best, (6) lead from the front, (7) be willing to take risks, and (8) encourage spiritual soundness. Most of us will recognize these qualities as among those promulgated by the majority of psychologists, as well as those embedded in our ethical codes. In this regard, psychologists, the most extensively educated and trained mental health professionals, must be among the leaders when crafting issues for the mental care of our citizens.

As I have indicated, this next year will be critical for a number of professional issues. Additionally, we in Texas are experiencing the stress of the War on Terror, the involvement of many of our Texas citizens serving in the military overseas and at home, and the other stressors facing us in the 21st century. In all of this, Texas psychologists remain leaders in mental health issues, providing not just therapy and crisis intervention, but serving as leaders on personal, state and national levels to help build resilience. Just as leadership at the national level is equally important during times of catastrophe and calm, TPA is dedicated to providing leadership over the next year as we proactively and diligently work to meet our psychology goals. The Past Presidents’ Council, co-chaired by Dr. Dee Yates and Dr. Walt Cubberly, will be coordinating with me along with President-Elect Dr. Burney and the entire Board of Trustees to provide continuity in such leadership over the next few years in order to implement such principles and ensure the long term achievement of our strategic goals rather than just working year to year.

Please be alert throughout the coming year for communications from the central office which will keep you informed as well as apprise you of ways in which you can help psychology at this crucial time. All of us at TPA look forward to serving you and working with you, the TPA membership, in this new year. ✯

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FROM TPA HEADQUARTERS

TPA’s Success Begins with YOU Earlier this month Dr. Hopewell and I attended a leadership conference sponsored by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). ASAE is a professional association for volunteer leaders and association staff with a mission to educate the leaders in running successful associations. This particular conference focused on leadership qualities in the 21st century. In order to lead in today’s time, we must first get a sense of the environment in which we lead.

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recently read an article out of Fast Company, a publication dealing with successful businesses, which explained the environment and economy we are leading in today. It read: “After 36 months of corrections, recession, and scandal, we’re ready for a break. The good news is that the worst is over (war and its aftermath notwithstanding). The bad news is that the end of the bear doesn’t signal the start of the next bull. ‘Sometime between January 1, 2002 and January 1, 2003, the world figured out that this downturn isn’t a blip in an otherwise unfettered march to untold prosperity,’ says veteran technology investor Roger McNamee, who has seen his share of booms and busts (and managed to extract stellar returns during both). ‘People faced up to the fact that we’re never going back. The ‘90s are over.’

McNamee has a message for business people mesmerized by the recent past (mooning over the boom and tallying up their losses from the bust) or frozen by fear of the future (terror, war, double-dip recession). ‘Forget about the Next Big Thing,’ he says. ‘The next thing has started. It’s called the New Normal, and 2003 will be the first full year of

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it. The New Normal isn’t where you wait for the next boom. It’s about the rest of your life.’”

With the “New Normal” upon us, we must be in a totally different mindset to meet our members’ needs. What I love about associations, unlike businesses, is that our members are our owners, our members are our customers, and our members are our work force. As a TPA member you must develop the services and products TPA offers, you must implement those services, and you must be accountable to yourself for the success of those services.

So, with that philosophy, ask yourself what you need for assistance in your professional career. Could TPA provide that need? Simply put, if you have a need and want TPA to fulfill that need or service, communicate with us and get involved.

Take ownership in TPA. It is your organization.

As we enter a new year, TPA committees are gearing up to focus on their mission and tactical plans. The TPA leadership just completed their annual strategic retreat and has identified what success means to them. Those meanings

were then translated into committee activities and programs. Each committee was given a strategic plan for success and action steps to achieve it. The leadership agreed that in order to move the association forward, “success” would need to be put forth as a challenge. They understand that they cannot accomplish their mission or complete their strategic plans without the help of the volunteer members of this association. That’s you!

Every psychologist in this state must take action on his/her behalf and on behalf of the association in order for us all to be successful. The leadership has selected the committee chairs and those committee chairs have the task of identifying their committee members. This is a very important step in developing a successful committee. Do you know how simple it is to volunteer for a committee? Contact the chair. That’s it! They will in turn share the committee’s goals with you and you’re on your way to “making a difference” for TPA and for psychology in Texas.

The following is a list of TPA’s 2004 Committees and their chairs. Simply go to the TPA web site at www.texaspsyc.org and you’ll find the information you’ll need to contact these members.

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LAS/Division Council Melba Vasquez, PhD

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Disaster Response Committee Judy Andrews, PhD

Entrepreneurial Committee (TPC) Rick McGraw, PhD

Finance Committee Paul Burney, PhD

Communications Committee Ed Davidson, PhD

Legislative Committee Alan Hopewell, PhD (Committee is Full)

Public Education Committee Donna Davenport, PhD

Elections Committee TBD (Committee is Full)

Internal Review Committee Ron Cohorn, PhD Past President’s Council Dee Yates, PhD

Third Party Related Issues Dean Paret, PhD

Sunset Review Committee Melba Vasquez, PhD, David Rudd, PhD

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TPA Distinguised Professional Contributor Awards

2003 Annually, TPA bestows an array of awards in recognition of outstanding contributions by psychologists in Texas. These are our colleagues, around the state, who have distinguished themselves in a variety of ways. Additional awards are presented that acknowledge For Profit and Not For Profit businesses, who are exceptional examples of a Healthy Workplace. We are pleased to present our 2003 Award Recipients in this issue of the Texas Psychologist. (Please see information to follow on how to prepare your nomination for next year’s awards).

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Outstanding Contribution to Science: Robert Gatchel, PhD This year’s recipient is an active licensed psychologist in clinical and health psychology and has 30 years of professional experience subsequent to the granting of his graduate degree in clinical psychology. Dr. Gatchel has shaped the way health care providers conceptualize and treat pain and disability through such contributions like the Functional Restoration approach to pain and Robert Gatchel, PhD disability. In addition, his research projects have increased the field’s understanding of how psychological factors impact disease and pain.

Further, his NIMH-funded research pioneered the detection of acute pain patients at high risk for becoming chronic pain patients.

Dr. Gatchel has made immense contributions in the field of psychology and stands out by the breadth and depth of his work. He has written/edited 22 books, authored 68 chapters, and published approximately 200 articles. He has a significant influence on the profession. He has reviewed for Biological Psychology, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, just to name a few.

In addition, he is actively involved with NIMH and NIH. For instance, he is currently serving on the NIH Advisory Panel “Research Diagnostic Criteria: Reliability and Validity.”

Outstanding Contribution to Public Service: Stephen Pierrel, PhD Dr. Pierrel is a clinical psychologist and assistant professor of Family and Community Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. He is also the Director of Psychological Services for the Houston Fire Department working to improve the health and wellbeing of firefighters.

Dr. Pierrel has been a volunteer in his community since obtaining his license. Over the last 20 years, he has volunteered his time in the Stephen Pierrel, PhD aftermath of crises and disasters.

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DPS, municipal and county law enforcement, fire and emergency medical services. He is also a Red Cross mental health volunteer and has trained hundreds of others in disaster mental health services.

Dr. Pierrel volunteers with his local mental health association and has worked on projects ranging from establishing and leading training programs for support group facilitators to coordinating community disaster response programs. Over the last five years he has worked with a student-run medical clinic for the homeless in Houston that is a collaborative program between two medical schools, and graduate programs in public health and pharmacy.

He has been a community preceptor for psychology graduate students and is a frequent guest lecturer to area graduate programs.

Outstanding Contribution to Education: J. Ray Hays, PhD, JD Prior to his retirement from the University of Texas Medical School - Houston, this year’s recipient was involved in the training of over 250 psychology interns over a 34-year period.

He organized the first Council of Houston Area Training Sites, a group of training directors from all APA internship sites in the Houston area. It was the first such initiative in the country J. Ray Hays, PhD, JD to bring all interns from the various sites together to share experiences, education, and mentoring. Dr. Hays is responsible for numerous training packages for psychologists, especially in forensics. His books, including Texas Mental Health Law produced by TPA, and his videotapes, such as “Testifying as an Expert Witness,” have been used by generations of psychologists.

He gives generously of his time and has shared his expertise with fellow psychologists through his presentations at over 185professional meetings. The value of his work in education has been recognized by his receiving five teacher awards from different organizations since 1983—the latest of which, the Master Teacher Fellow Award, was received this year from the University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston. He is one of the first to use the problem-based learning approach in teaching psychology courses. Several professional associations (APA, ASPPB, TPA, HPA) have been educated on legal matters by having Dr. Hays serve on special task forces. Dr. Hays has educated the profession through numerous publications, well beyond what might be expected of the average professor: 87 Texas Psychologist

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articles in refereed journals, 14 invited articles, 16 book chapters, nine books, and six abstracts. In about a fourth of his professional publications, students were either the first or second author, which demonstrates his commitment to involving students in the research process. Although his institution did not offer degrees in psychology, he has assisted students from University of Houston, Rice, Smith College, University of Georgia, and University of Regensburg in Germany in planning, analyzing, and writing research for their theses or dissertations.

Outstanding Media Coverage: Marina Pisano This year’s recipient has portrayed mental health and the profession of psychology in a positive and constructive manner for many years. Her work has been long lasting with her efforts going back over 15 years. In addition to mental health, she has addressed wide-ranging, complex social issues, including HIV-infected homeless, pediatric AIDS, and the courage of a badly Marina Pisano burn-disfigured man.

Her personal experience with a nephew who has been affected by mental illness is one source of her motivation to educate the public about these complex issues. She has helped the public to better understand ADHD, anxiety disorders, depression, bipolar disorders, and schizophrenia. Her work on bipolar disorders in children has earned national recognition, and she has earned other awards for her work. Most recently she has written about the need for some parents to give up their children in order to have them receive treatment. She is a resource to the San Antonio community to have someone of her caliber regularly report on issues of mental health.

Outstanding Legislative Contribution: Representative Elliott Naishtat This year’s recipient has consistently displayed support for psychologists and members of other mental health professions.

Most recently in the first called session of the 78th Legislature, he advocated for mental health professionals by authoring bills that, if passed, would have restored cuts made in Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for mental health coverage during the Regular Session. In the 78th Legislature, regular session, he co-authored legislation that provided for the establishment of mental health courts that recognize the need for 10

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treatment of certain offenders with mental disorders. Rep. Naishtat has served as chair of the House Human Services Committee and is currently vice-chair of this committee, which has shown support for prescriptive authority for appropriately trained psychologists. He has passed bills that provide protection for the elderly in psychiatric, substance abuse and rehabilitative treatment programs, and victims of crime, all of which reflect the ethical standards held by psychologists. Throughout his career, he has made himself available to mental health providers and consumers with information necessary to advocate for them.

Outstanding Public Contribution to Psychology: John Claude Krusz, MD, and Frank Minirth, MD This year’s recipients are both strong supporters of psychology.

They have served as advocates for psychologists pursuing prescriptive authority. Both of these individuals have written letters to legislators and legislative committees supporting our legislation. They have provided preceptorships for several psychologists who have completed psychopharmocologytraining programs. They have coJohn Claude Krusz, MD sponsored medication research projects with psychologists and have also co-authored articles and publications with psychologists.

They have taught courses for the TPA psychopharmocology program.

Psychologist of the Year: Melba Vasquez, PhD This year’s recipient is recognized for her multiple leadership positions in TPA and APA. She has been a member of TPA Board of Trustees, a member of Texas Psychological Foundation Board, founder of the Manuel Ramirez III Ethnic Minority Fund, founder of Special Interest Group for Women in Psychology, and co-chair of the Special Interest Group for Diversity in Psychology. She also has served in various leadership positions in APA, including her current involvement on APA’s Board of Educational Affairs Advisory Council on Education and the Committee for the Advancement of Professional Practice. She also serves as Past President of Division 17 for counseling psychology.

Dr. Vasquez is nationally recognized for her expertise in ethics, including her pioneer work on the ethics of feminist therapy. She has brought diversity concerns and issues to the forefront of education, psychology practice, and ethical considerations in both the professional and public domains. She is the co-founder of the SPRING 2004

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Austin Women’s Psychotherapy Project, of which she has remained a member since 1991.

Dr. Vasquez has published extensively, including one book in its second edition, 20 chapters, 26 journal articles, and three book reviews. She is a mentor and role model, particularly for women psychologists.

She demonstrates the possibility of doing practically everything and doing it exceptionally well with a tremendous amount of energy, grace and good will.

Distinguished Lifetime Achievement: Mike Gottlieb, PhD It is with great pleasure that we give the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement award to a deserving a psychologist, Dr. Michael Gottlieb. In addition to his long record of achievement in psychology in Texas and the nation, Dr. Gottlieb embodies the classic scientist/practitioner in that he excels in practice, writing, teaching, and service. He has been in practice in Dallas since the 1970s and has been a leader in individual and family therapy services and forensic practice. He has written more than 30-refereed journal articles and book chapters primarily on ethics, forensics, and family psychology. Of his approximately 170 professional presentations and workshops, 41 occurred at annual APA conventions, 43 were for TPA, and several were in Spanish. He has taught at Southern Methodist University, Texas Woman’s University, University of North Texas, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Texas A&M University, and Pepperdine University.

Dr. Gottlieb was president of TPA in 1988. He has been APA Council Representative, Liaison Officer for Professional Affairs, an Editorial Board member, and has served in a variety of committee and division positions spanning 20 years from 1979 to 1999.

Within APA, he has served on the Committee of Professional Practice Standards and is completing his term on the Ethics Committee. The other functions he has served within APA and the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) are too numerous to list. He holds the ABPP Diplomate in Family Psychology and is an APA Fellow. Additionally he is a Fellow in four divisions. As a pioneer, he was founding president of the Academy of Family Psychology and a founder of the Texas Psychological Foundation. In 2000, he was named as a “Distinguished Practitioner” by the National Academy of Practice in Psychology. He has received many service awards from APA, APA divisions, ABPP, SPRING 2004

and other psychology organizations. He has also served as editor or reviewer for 23 professional journals.

Dr. Gottlieb represents the best and brightest psychology has to offer. We are proud to recognize his long history of achievements in psychology and recognize that he is not yet done.

Psychologically Healthy Workplace Awards McKenna Health System Non-Profit Category Winner

By Clyde Mayo, PhD Faced with a negative financial situation in 1999, McKenna executives decided on a major cultural change they would call “McKenna Magic.” By benchmarking practices of the Disney Organization, East Jefferson General Hospital in Metarie, and Baptist Hospital in Pensacola, they collected ideas for maximizing service and employee development goals at the same time. They carried out local focus group research to discover specific customer/patient expectations about hospital visits. They began local staff training projects and also pre-employment profiling—both targeted at increasing and improving the service behaviors of the typical staff member.

An incentive pay scale was put into effect in which bonuses were paid to all employees on a quarterly basis in association with the results of patient satisfaction surveys.

Other programs were put into effect including team formation and coaching, performance appraisals, mystery shopping, recognition programs, off-site motivational seminars, employee orientation programs and videos, stress relief programs for employees, a fitness center, quarterly socials, a hospital therapy dog, a “buddy” program for new employees, and a “Helping Hand” program whereby employees assist patients in purchasing therapeutic equipment. Additionally they added a strengthened EAP with the first six therapy visits paid for by the hospital, yearly legal and financial planning, professional coaches for midmanagement personnel, a Spiritual Leadership Institute, performance improvement teams, and tuition benefits.

The McKenna system uses outcome studies to measure their success. Since their culture change programs have been implemented, they have shown significant increases in gross revenue and other financial indicators, patient satisfaction, and patient enrollment. While at the same time significant decreases have been seen in medical errors, employee injuries, employee turnover, and “wait” time in patient admitting and the Emergency Room.

As can be readily seen, this 9800-employee, private, not-for profit local hospital system in New Braunfels, Texas has been more than effective with its McKenna Magic program.

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SAAFE House Non-Profit Category Honorable Mention

By Rick McGraw, PhD SAAFE House was incorporated in 1984 as Walker County Family Violence Council to provide help, shelter and support to victims of family violence. In 1989, they began offering services to sexual abuse victims. To reflect the expansion of services their name was changed to SAAFE House. SAAFE House is an acronym for Sexual Assault and Abuse Free Environment. In 1992, services expanded again to add another shelter and outreach location in Polk County. Currently they provide services in four counties operating two shelters and five outreach locations.

Their goal is to help family-violence and sexual-abuse survivors obtain the necessary skills to live an abuse-free lifestyle. SAAFE House offers a safe supportive environment for survivors and their families as well as intervention services for individuals who are abusive. The nonprofit organization is committed to empowering abuse victims by providing immediate, free, and confidential services.

They offer exceptionally trained staff and volunteer resources to help reach individual’s needs. SAAFE House also strives to educate the community at large to prevent and eliminate the causes of family violence and sexual abuse. Victim’s services are free. All services are confidential and offered without regard to sex, race, national origin, age, physical handicap, religion, or sexual orientation.

A support line is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Individual and group counseling are provided. The shelter is available to victims of family violence and sexual assault and their children. Food, clothing, advocacy, and support are provided while victims are in the shelter. A structured group-counseling program is also available for abusive individuals. Program staff members accompany rape victims to the hospital and through the medical and legal procedures, including legal assistance with protective orders, filing of Victims Compensation, and accompaniment to file charges or to court hearings. Age appropriate group and individual-peer counseling is provided for children. In addition, a variety of coping-skills classes such as parenting and self-esteem are conducted.

SAAFE House exemplifies an outstanding service-oriented culture, which recognizes the psychological needs of both those they serve and the employees who provide the services to their

flexible and adaptive perspectives, which stimulate constructive problem solving and collective ownership of goals.

Although a small organization, SAAFE House exhibits exceptional vitality, which is evidenced by its continual expansion of the organizational mission. It is likely that their commitment to a healthy organizational environment that values attention to the psychological needs of their employees has contributed to their success.

clients. They describe their management model as “non-power based”. The approach attempts to eliminate psychologically abusive behavior among staff members. The result has been excellent morale and enthusiasm for work objectives. The climate of acceptance and validation has produced quality feedback essential to the growth and development of both the organization and its members by encouraging healthy risk taking. Cross supervision is also an integral component of their system. This process facilitates

Aviation, Work & Family Balance and the 40+ Employees Resource Group. These groups have worked together to formulate many policy changes, including scholarship programs for employees and their children to gain higher education.

In communities and metropolitan areas around San Juan, Puerto Rico; Lima, Peru and the United States, American Airlines employees and resource groups work together to make a difference.

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By Sherry Vidal-Brown of American Airlines With Christina Williams, PhD The changes American Airlines has undergone have been difficult not only for the company, but for their employees as well. They have been through more significant and painful changes in the past two years than some companies go through in a lifetime. American offers assistance to its employees in various ways through a variety of departments. All of these proactive programs have been implemented with the idea of helping employees stay healthy and productive both at work and at home.

Wellness initiatives have been an important part of their corporate culture and the medical department has developed and implemented a wide variety of services. To address behavioral health issues, an internal Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is provided. The program is available to assist employees and their family members with personal and professional challenges. The service is unlimited and at no cost to the employee and their family. The EAP may be accessed via internet, phone or in person.

For employees who have been a part of the reduction in force, AA has partnered with state agencies and large companies to provide a range of re-employment services.

The Diversity Advisory Council and the Employee Resource Groups are an integral part of the company’s diversity initiatives.

Formed in 1995, the groups exist as part of the company’s effort to build an inclusive organization. There are currently 14resource groups represented on the Diversity Advisory Council.

These include the African Americans, the Asian Pacific Islanders, Caribbeans, Christians, Employees with Disabilities, Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals, Transgender Employees of AMR, Indians, Jews, Hispanics/Latinos, Muslims, Native Americans, Women In

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Zachry Construction For-Profit Category Honorable Mention

By Clyde Mayo, PhD Zachry Construction Company has a well-developed Employee Assistance Program. Faced with a growing business and approximately 120-project sites worldwide, Zachry manager/owners decided to convert the current EAP from a small, informal program to an active, highly involved program administered by two chaplains trained in pastoral counseling and in the Zachry business.

The department is now much more than simply a referral source.

Given a new construction or maintenance site, one of the chaplains will make a personal visit and begin the process of locating helping professionals and organizations within the geographic area. Each time a referral is made, the EAP department performs a follow-up and maintains track records on local sources. All services from local therapists to food banks are documented.

The chaplains themselves perform services in unusual cases or when no other professionals are available. Sometimes in remote areas where insurance programs are ineligible, special provisions have to be made. The chaplains may become involved in sensitive cases such as substance abuse or marital problems. Confidentiality is important, of course, and the trained chaplains deliver confidential services. An attempt is made for employees to feel that an

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experienced Zachry person is personally helping with a problem that may have once seemed overwhelming. They assist with HMO and PPO enrollment so that peripheral employees feel someone from the central organization, who is aware of their environment, is involved.

Zachry views this approach as “going beyond� where a traditional EAP will go. The chaplains will work through a grief process with family members if an employee dies. In some cases they have helped with funeral arrangements and even conducted funeral services.

Related programs include personal days for childcare, help in locating nursing homes for elders in the employees’ family, fitness centers with a wellness room, available male nurses, on-site stress management, anger management, and on-site personal training.

Additionally, they have diversity and sexual-harassment training; an employee excellence and recognition program, with actual prizes and monetary awards; employee attitude surveys; company socials; quarterly meeting, where performance information is disseminated; profit-sharing programs, 360-degree feedback on a departmental basis; and a CEU program for all employees. Zachry Construction has probably one of the best job safety programs in the industry.

As should be apparent, this large 7,000-employee, family-owned construction and maintenance company has many positive programs and in EAP goes beyond most. One cannot help but be impressed by the Zachry philosophy.

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TEXAS PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION Distinguished Professional Contribution Awards Nomination Information Each year at TPA’s Annual Convention, awards are presented to psychologists and other individuals who have made significant contributions to professional psychology.

Nominations are currently being accepted for awards in the following areas: • Outstanding Contribution to Education • Outstanding Contribution to Science • Outstanding Contribution to Public Service • Psychologist of the Year (Silver PSI Award)

• Outstanding Media Coverage • Outstanding Legislative Contribution • Outstanding Public Contribution to Psychology • Healthy Workplace Award (separate application, please call 512-280-4099)

• Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Nominations are reviewed by the TPA Awards Committee. The Committee’s recommendations will be submitted to the TPA Board of Trustees for final approval. A description of each award category, the criteria for the nominees, and the nomination form are included below.

All 2004 awards nominations must be received by August 1, 2004. Awards will be presented at the TPA Annual Convention in San Antonio during the TPA Awards Luncheon. The convention, which will be held November 18-20, 2004 at the Hyatt on the Riverwalk in San Antonio, will be the ideal time to recognize individuals with outstanding service to psychology.

If you or your organization would like to nominate someone, please complete the nomination materials and return them by the August 1st deadline to: Roberta L. Nutt, PhD Dept. of Psychology and Philosophy P.O. Box 425470 – TWU Denton, TX 76204

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It is important to note that all nominators are responsible for completing and sending the required nomination materials by the August 1 deadline.

This includes: • an up-to-date copy of the nominee’s professional vita; • nomination form; • endorsements from other individuals or groups, if desired.

Nominators are invited to be present and introduce the winners at the awards presentation at the 2004 Annual Convention.

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING NOMINATIONS 1) Nominations must be received by the August 1 deadline.

2) Fill out application form completely and attach up-to-date vita for nominee.

3) E-mail to (e-mail is the preferred contact method): RNutt@twu.edu Or mail two copies to: Roberta L. Nutt, PhD Dept. of Psychology and Philosophy P.O. Box 425470 – TWU Denton, TX 76204

GENERAL CRITERIA FOR NOMINEES (Psychology Practitioner Categories) 1. Active engagement at the time of nomination in the advancement of psychology in any of its aspects.

2. Five years of acceptable professional experience subsequent to the granting of the graduate degree in psychology.

3. Evidence of unusual and outstanding contribution or performance in the field of psychology.

4. Influence on the profession outside one’s setting.

5. Evidence or documentation that the nominee has enriched or advanced the field on a scale beyond that of being a good practitioner, teacher or supervisor.

6. Texas Psychological Association Member in good standing.

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Distinguished Professional Contribution Awards Descriptions • OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATION Description: This award recognizes a truly distinguished contribution to psychology in the area of education.

Outstanding contributions might be in the areas of teaching, design of teaching methodologies, curriculum, or behavior managerial techniques; psychological research specific to the area of education, leadership in educational development, reform and design of training programs, or successful grant awards and projects that benefit education.

Specific Nominee Criteria: Nominees for the Outstanding Contribution to Education award must hold a masters or doctoral degree in psychology and/or be a licensed psychology practitioner as well as a current member of TPA. • OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE Description: This award recognizes a significant scientific contribution in the discovery and development of new information, empirical or otherwise, to the body of psychological knowledge. Contributions might include new theories or integration of existing theories of knowledge in ways that enhance understanding, prediction or control of human behavior. It might also include research that develops procedures, methodologies or technical skills that improve ability to provide direct, practical or more immediate solutions to psychological problems.

Specific Nominee Criteria: Nominees for the Outstanding Contribution to Science Award should be easily identified as working within the field of psychology, should hold a graduate degree in psychology and/or be a licensed psychology practitioner as well as a current member of TPA. • OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO PUBLIC SERVICE Description: This award recognizes psychology practitioners who have made outstanding contributions that can be identified as direct and on the behalf of the public. These contributions might have resulted in a significant benefit to the general public or might have made a major contribution to a special population. This award may also be bestowed on psychology practitioners who have distinguished themselves through activities that are legislative, legal, political, or organizational, and have resulted in direct benefits to the public.

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• PSYCHOLOGIST OF THE YEAR Description: This award is given annually (Silver Psi) to a psychologist who is recognized as having made one of the most significant and recent impacts on the field of psychology within the state of Texas. The award may be given for overall service and enhancement of the profession, but if it is given for a specific activity or event, the event should have occurred within 36 months of the time previous to the nomination. The award might be given for any of the psychological or scientific contributions recognized by other awards. It might be awarded for a particularly notable book, research publication, legislative activity or public performance.

Specific Nominee Criteria: The individual selected for this award must hold a doctoral degree in psychology and be a practicing licensed psychologist as well as a current member of TPA. • DISTINGUISHED LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT Description: This award is generally given to a psychologist who is nearing the end of his or her career as a psychologist and who has a long and distinguished record of exemplary professional service. The person receiving this award should be recognized as esteemed by other psychologists as well as by a wide range of professionals in other areas. Accomplishments should be of a caliber that would be recognized as outstanding at a national as well as a state level.

Specific Nominee Criteria: The individual selected for this award must hold a doctoral degree in psychology and be a practicing licensed psychologist as well as a current member of TPA. • OUTSTANDING MEDIA COVERAGE Description: This award is presented by the Texas Psychological Association to an individual or organization that has benefited the profession of psychology through a media event. The award might be awarded to a journalist because of a newspaper article or a series of articles that enhances the public knowledge concerning the profession of psychology or expands knowledge or awareness about a psychological disorder. The award might be given to a television broadcaster, news anchorperson, radio personality or producer of a film or video.

Specific nominee criteria: Although psychologists are not excluded from this award category, it is generally considered to be an award bestowed to someone external to the profession of psychology.

• OUTSTANDING LEGISLATIVE CONTRIBUTION Description: This award is given to a legislator, legislative employee or other individual who has had a major role in initiating advocacy in favor of or passing legislation that has a major impact on the practice of psychology in Texas. This legislation might improve practice regulations, increase employment opportunities, or more clearly define the practice standards. It might provide easier access to psychological services or expand the professional roles of psychologists.

Specific Nominee Criteria: Although psychologists are not excluded from receiving his award, it is generally bestowed on an individual external to the profession of psychology.

• OUTSTANDING PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION TO PSYCHOLOGY Description: This award is given to a member of the public who has made a significant contribution to the field of psychology. This contribution might be through financial support, dissemination of information, research contributions, media exposure or a wide range of other possibilities.

Nominee Criteria: This award must be given to an individual outside the field of psychology.

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TEXAS PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION AWARDS NOMINATION FORM Name of Award: Nominee:

________________________________________________________________________________ Name: __________________________________________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________________________________________ E-mail: ________________________________________ Phone: __________________________

Nominator:

Name: __________________________________________________________________________ Address:

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E-mail: ________________________________________

Phone: __________________________

Please list reasons why this nominee should receive the TPA award named above: (refer to the description of the award for relevant criteria) 1. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ etc. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Please obtain a current copy of the nominee’s vita and include it with the nominations form or send separately.

To the best of my knowledge as a nominator, this person is in good ethical standing as a psychologist and a current member of TPA. __________________ Yes

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Date submitted:

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Texas Psychological Foundation Student Merit Research Awards The Student Merit Research Competition is open to undergraduate and graduate psychology students throughout Texas and is intended to promote student research. Students who were enrolled at some point in a Texas college or university during the Academic Year 2003-2004 are eligible. There are four categories for completed student research, including: a) $1500 for the Roy Scrivner Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Issues Research Award b) $1500 for the Bo and Sally Family Psychology Research Award c) $500 for the Alexander Psychobiology/Psychophysiology Award d) $500 for the Manuel Ramirez Dissertation Award for research related to ethnic minority psychology.

Eligibility Submissions must be made by undergraduate or graduate Texas psychology students, enrolled at some time during the 2003-04 academic year, and may include students who are on currently on internship. The student submitting the manuscript must be the first author on the research manuscript.

Instructions for Submission The research manuscript should be written in APA format and be no longer than 20 typed, double spaced pages including tables, figures, and references. A letter from the student’s faculty sponsor is also required and should address the degree to which the candidate had responsibility for the project objectives, design, data collection, data analysis, and manuscript preparation; this letter should also include a brief statement identifying when the student was enrolled during the 2003-04 academic year. In addition, the submission must include a demographic sheet clearly indicating the name of the individual submitting the manuscript, her or his address, phone numbers, and e-mail address, and the university affiliation of the student and sponsoring faculty member.

Submissions will be accepted immediately, but must be received no later than October 1, 2004. Four copies of the paper, and one copy of the demographic sheet and letter from the faculty sponsor should be mailed in an envelope together to: Donna Davenport, Chair, TPF Awards Committee Department of Educational Psychology, COE 4225 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-4225 Submissions will be rated on methodological rigor, clarity of writing, and contribution to the literature. The winner from each of the categories will attend a luncheon Awards Ceremony at the 2004 TPA Annual Convention.

The Student Research Proposal Awards The Student Research Proposal Awards are open to undergraduate and graduate psychology students throughout Texas and are intended to provide funding for faculty-supervised research projects. Full-time students who will be enrolled in a Texas college or university during the Academic Year 2004-2005 are eligible. The research should be completed and results submitted in manuscript form to the Texas Psychological Foundation within two years.

The Undergraduate Proposal Award is designed to provide funding for an undergraduate’s research proposal related to the broad area of Community/Public Service. This award will be for $500.

The Graduate Proposal Award is designed to provide funding for a graduate student’s research proposal related to the broad area of psychotherapy. This award will be for $1000.

Interested students should provide four copies of a research proposal, including faculty sponsor, literature review, research design, and budget, of no more than 10 pages, to be received by October, 2004, to: Donna Davenport, Chair, TPF Awards Committee Department of Educational Psychology, COE 4225 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-4225 SPRING 2004

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That Dirty Business of Politics (In a year of Psychology Sunset)

By Rob Mehl, PhD

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t’s Sunset time again. Every 12 years the Texas legislature reconsiders the entire raison d’être for psychology as a profession. This is a time when our optimistic vision for the future of psychology and mental health in Texas mixes with a vague anxiety as we prepare to defend our law against challenges. While it is rare that a licensing act is Sunset, it did in fact happen to the dental profession 14 years ago. After a few months without licensing and the resulting lack of public protection, the legislature reinstated the dentist’s licensing.

Sunset time gets our political attention. This is the time when TPA leaders are most likely to ask psychologists to get involved. Many of us have little interest in politics. Yet, we are asked to get active, give money, give time, lobby, write letters, and generally extend past the comfort zone—perhaps way past the comfort zone.

The specter of becoming involved politically raises a number of feelings and attitudes. Politics is not seemly. It is not

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intellectually honest. It is not genuine.

Too many times, politicians seem to have special interests at heart. The interests of the individual politician and pure political power seem to rule the day. The interests of those in need, the downtrodden, and those who require mental-health treatment do not seem to be of concern.

After all, the same legislature that ended psychotherapy for Medicaid patients, because the budget crunch, spent an amount equivalent to the overall shortfall for the redistricting battle. Isn’t politics all about money, power and greed? This feeling about politics surfaces strongly when many psychologists are asked for money. “Buying votes!”

We psychologists are in the business of influencing thought and behavior. We excel at persuasion to differing points of view. We enlighten and explain. No one knows the antecedents and consequences of behavior like we do. We can consider a cacophony of viewpoints, attitudes, or stances and sort them out in ways that make most sense for all concerned. We

can lead others to see another way of being when they seem most blind to it.

This is our world.

It seems as though we expect politicians to fit into our world. Time and time again, psychologists have gone to the legislature, presented our views with utmost reason and logic, only to fail in the end. We go to the legislature from our intellectually honest, genuine base, full of a broad sense of the greater public good. We go with very little money because psychologists have the lowest rates of political giving of all health care professions. We go in few numbers, because politics is a dirty business. We go without any prior relationship with our legislator even though we know that relationship is an essential ingredient in change.

My first lobbying experience in Austin was as chair of the Hospital Privileges Committee. Then I was elected the liaison officer of public affairs for TPA. In that position, I was responsible for TPA’s legislative agenda. That was twelve years ago—the last Sunset year. I had also been Texas Psychologist

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How can psychology possibly impact the legislature in that environment? How can we compete with others who sometimes oppose us? The Texas Medical Association has the third largest political action committee nationally. the federal advocacy coordinator. I recall spending many hours at home, in conference with colleagues and in TPA executive meetings honing our political agenda. After many months of work, it was time to present our agenda to the legislature. I waited my turn in the first legislator’s office. In line before me was a representative from an association representing taxi drivers. He went in and came out five minutes later. Then it was my turn. I had the same five minutes to present theentire legislative agenda of TPA. Of course it couldn’t be done. I quickly presented a few highlights and tried to turn lengthy cogent arguments into convincing sound bytes. I left knowing that there would be no deep understanding of TPA’s agenda, mental health in Texas or psychology’s role.

The impulse to cynicism was quick— another example of our political system in action. How could intelligent decisions be made at all? However, another view began to emerge. Politicians were constantly petitioned from many sources. There must be a deluge of requests and reasoned arguments. There must be more facts and figures presented than anyone could possibly digest. If you have seen the movie Bruce Almighty, picture the scene when Jim Carrey (in the God role), tried to sort through all the prayers constantly arriving.

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It was truly an impossible situation.

How can psychology possibly impact the legislature in that environment? How can we compete with others who sometimes oppose us? The Texas Medical Association has the third largest political action committee nationally. We certainly cannot outspend them. The answer cannot be money alone.

Money is, however, important. Texas legislators draw a monthly salary of about $600. Their survival as politicians depends on political contributions.

Imagine a private practitioner with a like salary asking for donations to survive. To convince anyone, you must demonstrate that you will meet them on their ground and speak their language. It has been said that money does not buy votes but it does buy attention. Money is the language of the politicians’ very survival.

Secondly, of course, there is power in relationships. A very good friend of mine is the past president of the Texas Optometry Association. He has the ear of our representative, so much so, that she asked him about prescriptions privileges for psychology during the last session. The impressive thing to me was that he had enough respect from this representative that she trusted his opinion on issues unrelated to optometry. This was her way of trying to sort through the avalanche of

information and opinions coming at her.

Like a true relationship, it has payoffs in both directions. Those who are most effective in convincing legislators on issues and agendas have worked to establish a rapport with their legislators prior to the legislative session. It is impossible to form a relationship in five minutes lobbying time. Since the Texas legislature only meets every other year (except for special sessions), there is great opportunity for getting to know your legislator in the off year when they have more time.

The third thing we need is numbers.

Psychologists are the least involved of any health care profession, but our issues are no less important. The more psychologists involved, the better. Our goal is to have at least one psychologist as a resource to each and every legislator. We must participate in politics so that we are not governed by a process in which we have had no voice.

Please, for your profession and for mental health in Texas, give money to PSY-PAC. Give money directly to your Texas senator and representative. Meet with them. Invite them to lunch. Get to know them as people. Bring materials from TPA to help make points about the issues. Be sure and coordinate all of your efforts with TPA so we can organize contacts with each and every one the legislators. Make yourself as available to your legislator as you would like them to be to you. Do it now. Call your legislators today and set up appointments. Do it before the legislative session starts in September 2004. Do it before the vote on sunset. Our expertise in change occurs in the context of a relationship. That power is the most potent. With money, relationships and numbers, we can protect and enhance psychology and mental health in Texas.

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Ronald F. Levant, EdD, ABPP Nova Southeastern University APA President-Elect

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e are living in truly interesting times. The 21st century promises monumental changes in health care, education, communication, and science in general.

The technology currently available has provided the tools whereby educated consumers can make critical decisions regarding their own health care, and health care providers can call up databases (such as Epocrates速) to provide up-to-date information on pharmaceutical agents. Yet despite these promising developments, the status of health care in the U.S. is not good.

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Health care costs have once again begun to escalate faster than other segments of the economy, and the number of uninsured is now 43.6 million Americans. In June, 2002, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) met with leaders from the National Academies and challenged them to propose bold ideas that might change conventional thinking about the most serious problems facing the health care system today. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) reported, “The American health care system is confronting a crisis…Tens of thousands die from medical errors each year, and many more are injured. Quality problems, including under use of beneficial services and overuse of medically unnecessary procedures, are widespread. And disturbing racial and ethnic disparities in access to and use of services call into question our fundamental values of equality and justice for all. The health care delivery system is incapable of meeting the present, let alone the future needs of the American public.” (emphasis added) A new development in the area of health care reform is emerging from the Wye River Group on Healthcare (WRGH), which held a national summit meeting on health care in Washington at the prestigious University Club on Sept. 23, 2003. I had the honor of representing APA at this event, along with Russ Newman (who graciously invited me to join him). The Summit Meeting was the culmination of a project initiated in July 2002, titled “Communities Shaping a Vision for America’s 21st Century Health and Healthcare.”

Quoting from sections of the WRGH report: “This project is fairly unusual in its effort to understand how health care stakeholders and consumers view the values and principles underlying our health care system….WRGH held a series of Healthcare Leadership Roundtables in 10 diverse communities around the country. During these roundtable discussions, community health care leaders were asked fundamental questions, such as 24

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whether there is, or should be, a social contract for health care in this country….

“In each community, WRGH assembled a diverse cross-section of public and private stakeholders with detailed knowledge of health and health care. They included physician leaders, hospital and health system executives, community and public health officials, pharmaceutical and pharmacy representatives, business leaders, consumer representatives, and government officials.

WRGH also worked to ensure that important constituencies such as the elderly, the uninsured, minorities, and people with chronic illnesses were well represented….

“After roundtable discussions were held in all 10 communities and the advisory boards wrapped up their work, WRGH hosted a retreat July 9-11, 2003, at the Aspen Institute Wye River Conference Center in Maryland….[t]o announce the “shared vision” that arose from this project, WRGH organized a national summit designed to showcase the findings of the 10-city tour and launch a national dialogue on health care among the American public, policymakers and health care stakeholders…

“Most community health care leaders agreed that our country has not developed a social contract for health care that is well articulated and broadly understood. As a result, most Americans do not know what they can and should expect from their health care system. Nor do they understand their responsibility to contribute to the health care system…

“Community health care leaders identified Americans’ expectations as a key area that needs to be addressed in a national conversation on health care. There is a general consensus among health care leaders that the public’s expectations are often out of line with the reality of what the health care system is able to deliver. There is also recognition that the health care system itself has helped foster these unrealistic expectations, in part by not providing adequate information about the true costs and availability of services…

“According to community health care leaders, most Americans expect highquality care, on demand, and at little or no cost. Americans don’t want to make tradeoffs and we don’t want to hear about limits.

Because of financial constraints on the health care system, this kind of access to inexpensive services may become increasingly unrealistic. Americans need to revisit the discussion about health care as a social contract and also may need to make tough choices about access and availability of health care services...

“There is a need to address the expectations that we have of our health care system by increasing Americans’ sense of collective responsibility about their health and health care. Instead of focusing only on whether we, as individuals, have access to high-quality, affordable health care, we need to begin thinking about health care as a collective resource. The choices we make about our health and our use of the health care system have an impact beyond our own quality of life and our own pocketbook; they affect whether there will be more or less resources available for others. We need to start seeing the connections in how our personal decisions affect other people and how we are affected by the choices that others make…

“Americans need to have the information to be empowered to make good choices that will benefit their own health, and they need to be aware of the finite availability of some health care resources. This will require a shift in the way many of us think about our health.

Empowering consumers and giving them the necessary support and access to appropriate health care services will help them to make good health care choices about their health. It could also improve quality of life and reduce unnecessary costs for the health care system.”

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“Americans need to have the information to be empowered to make good choices that will benefit their own health, and they need to be aware of the finite availability of some health care resources.

This will require a shift in the way many of us think about our health. Empowering consumers and giving them the necessary support and access to appropriate health care services will help them to make good health care choices about their health.

It could also improve quality of life and reduce unnecessary costs for the health care system.”

Dee Yates from Texas, Dr. Criss Lott from Mississippi, and Russ Newman, PhD, JD, Executive Director of APA’s Practice Directorate, all participated in community roundtables. Newman has been attending other related meetings since January, working to ensure that the messages that were being created at the community level were finding their way into the national materials. Also Dr. Nan Klein helped draft a case study of community action in Utah related to passing a mental health parity law in the state, which is included in the final report.

Although there are many different aspects to the proposal, of which I have cited only a few, its central thrust seems to be aimed at transforming the role of consumers. The speakers quite appropriately zeroed in on the fact that seven of the top health risk factors are behavioral (tobacco use, alcohol abuse, poor diet, injuries, suicide, violence and unsafe sex), and that seven of the nine leading causes of death have significant behavioral components. They viewed controlling these “life-style” factors as critical in reducing health care costs. However, the proposed SPRING 2004

solution was to “make costs more transparent to consumers.” What does that mean? My understanding is that people who engage in unhealthy behaviors would pay more for health care. I was a panelist, so at two of my three turns “at bat” I acknowledged that incentives, such as the prospect of lower health care costs, can influence behavior, but pointed out that all behavior, including unhealthy behavior, is motivated. I further suggested that changing motivated behavior may require more than changing the financial incentives for engaging in that behavior. I was able to draw on my clinical experience in helping clients quit smoking, moderate or quit drinking, and lose weight to highlight the difficulties many have in controlling these unhealthy behaviors. The audience seemed to understand and appreciate this perspective.

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INSIDE TPA “Selecting the Best - World War II Army Air Forces Aviation Psychology” by A. Jack Jernigan, PhD, is an introduction to the Aviation Psychology story through letters, anecdotal documents written by officers and enlisted men, a 1945 diary documenting the establishment of an aircrew selection program for the Philippine Air Force, and an appropriate reference from Aviation Psychology’s Research Reports. Aviation Psychology is one of the hidden treasures of World War II. John Steinbeck reputedly called the World War II Classification Battery, “America’s Secret Weapon.” Jernigan was a member of the program from 1942 to 1946. It can be purchased online through “1st Books.”

Joseph C. Kobos, PhD, of San Antonio, was re-elected to a one-year term (2004) as Treasurer of the American Board of Professional Psychology. ABPP is the preeminent certifying body of specialties in professional psychology. ABPP currently certifies in the following specialties: clinical, counseling, school, cognitive and behavioral, clinical health, clinical neuropsychology, family, forensic, group, psychoanalysis, rehabilitation, clinical child and adolescent, and organizational/business consulting.

Specialty certification is based upon credentials review, written examination in certain specialties, and an oral exam based upon a work sample. Information about the application process may be obtained at the web site www.abpp.org.

Kobos also continues to serve as a member at large (2003-05) on the Board of APA Division 49, Group Psychology and Psychotherapy.

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Bonny Gardner, PhD, has been involved in the planning of the First Annual Texas Mental Health and Aging Symposium.

Donald Trahan, PhD, a neuropsychologist with expertise and research interests in assessment of normal and pathological aging, has been selected as the keynote speaker for the conference. The important role that psychologists play in differential diagnosis of mental health problems of elders and in treatment recommendations and consultation with other health care professionals will be highlighted at the conference in Dr. Trahan’s presentation.

Chris Blazina, PhD, recently published his first book, The cultural myth of masculinity. The book is a socio-cultural history of masculinity in Western culture highlighting various changes in masculinity over time. Ron Levant, PhD, says, “It is a must read for any serious student of gender”.

Trisha Bement, MS, is proud to announce that she will graduate with her MS in general psychology this June. She is looking for someone who will consider giving her supervised hours so she may apply for the PA. She plans to continue her education with a PsyD in counseling.

She is especially interested in PTSD and CF and can be contacted at tgbement@hotmail.com.

Michael Duffy, PhD, ABPP, (TPA President in 1995) was recently elected as Chair-Elect (Chair in 2005) of the APA Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest (BAPPI). The Public

Interest Board is one of the APA Boards including Practice, Education and Science. BAPPI oversees committees dealing with ethnic minority affairs, disability, women, aging and gay, lesbian and transgender issues.

Blair Justice, PhD, and Rita Justice, PhD, have been sending a free newsletter titled E-Healing (for Exceptional Healing and E-mail Healing) to friends and family.

It’s now being run, beginning in November, as a regular feature in the University of Texas’ HealthLeader online newsletter. Should you wish to receive this newsletter, contact Dr. Rita Justice at RitaJustice@yahoo.com.

Rodney R. Baker, PhD, long-time Chief of Psychology at Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans’ Hospital in San Antonio, is retiring from VA, effective January 2004, and will be succeeded by Steven L. Holliday, PhD, ABCN, longtime staff member and Psychology Internship/Postdoctoral Training Director of ALMMVH. Best wishes to both!

Jeff Baker, PhD, was elected treasurer of APPIC (Association of Psychology Postdoctoral & Internship Centers) and also elected as Member at Large of Division 12 (Clinical Psychology) Association of Medical School Psychologists for 2004-05. He also serves as webmaster for Division 43 (Family Psychology). He is chief psychologist for the anesthesiology pain clinic and orthopedic surgery spine clinic at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston. The APA accredited psychology internship at UTMB was closed July 31, 2003, but the postdoctoral psychology-training program is still training psychologists.

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Roberta Nutt, PhD, ABPP, has recently completed her ABPP diplomate in family psychology. The American Board of Professional Psychology defines the family psychology specialty as family intervention and assessment in family psychology embracing the total family system including individuals, couples, families, and the intergenerational system.

The American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) serves the public need by providing oversight in certifying psychologists competent to deliver high quality services in various specialty areas of psychology. Board certification (awarding of a diploma in a specialty) assures the public that specialists designated by the ABPP have successfully completed the educational, training, and experience requirements of the specialty, including an examination designed to assess the competencies required to provide quality services in that specialty.

as Director of Training for the counseling psychology program. He typically teaches the supervision and mental health & public policy courses for the counseling psychology program.

His research interests address supervision processes, as well as legal, ethical, and regulatory issues related to professional psychology practice.

Dr. McPherson is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, past president of the Texas and Houston Psychological Associations, and former chair of the Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs. He has been

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Dr. McPherson was recently elected to the APA Council of Representatives. He also serves as part-time Director of Professional Affairs for the Texas Psychological Association, providing consultation to psychologists and the general public on issues related to psychology practice. He and fellow UH counseling psychology faculty member, Dr. Stewart Pisecco, are also co-founders of a software development company, which provides web-based behavioral management programs for schools and mental health treatment facilities. ✯

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Jerry Hutton, PhD, recently retired as Dean of Education and Human Services at Texas A&M University-Commerce.

Having worked at A&M-Commerce (formerly East Texas State University) for 31 years, he will continue to teach on modified retirement beginning in spring 2004. Otherwise, he will be available for consulting in school psychology and special education.

Robert McPherson, PhD, Texas Psychological Association’s Director of Professional Affairs, assumed duties as Executive Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Technology, and Planning for the College of Education in January 2004. He served as Chair of the Department of Educational Psychology from 1995-2003, following prior service SPRING 2004

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Paul Chafetz, PhD

A.S. Helge, PhD

James Quinn, PhD

Gloria Chriss, PhD

Scott Hickey, PhD

Deanna Yates, PhD

Pauline Clansy, EdD

David Hopkinson, PhD

Karen Claridge, PhD

Robert Hughes, PhD

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Ron Cohorn, PhD

Carola Hundrich-Souris, PhD

Walter Bordages, PhD

Jim Cox, PhD

Adele Hurst, PhD

Tim Branaman, PhD

Ray Coxe, PhD

Sheila Jenkins, PhD

Paul Burney, PhD

Robert Cross, PhD

Burton Kittay, PhD

Cheryl Hall, PhD

Maria Concepcion Cruz, PhD

Christopher Klaas, PhD

Ethel Hetrick, PhD

Walter Cubberly, PhD

Harry Klinefelter, PhD

Kenneth Huff, PhD

Edward Davidson, PhD

Joseph Kobos, PhD

Lane Ogden, PhD

Alfred Dooley, EdD

Kenneth Kopel, PhD

Patricia Driskill, PhD

Bruce Kruger, PhD

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Michael Duffy, PhD, ABPP

Angela Ladogana, PhD

Sam Buser, PhD

Richard Eckert, PhD

Julie Landis, PhD

Frankie Clark, PhD

Anette Edens, PhD

Cathy Leary, PhD

Richard Fulbright, PhD

Wayne Ehrisman, PhD

Rebecca LeBlanc, PhD

Dean Paret, PhD

Patrick Ellis, PhD

Mark Lehman, PhD

Gordon Sauer, Jr., PhD

Robert Federman, EdD

Nancy Leslie, PhD

Mimi Wright, PhD

Raymond Finn, PhD

Stephen Loughhead, PhD

Larry Fisher, PhD

Alaire Lowry, PhD

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Alan Fisher, PhD

Thomas Lowry, PhD

Barbara Abrams, EdD

Joseph Fogle, PhD

Martin Lumpkin, PhD

Joan Anderson, PhD

Ann Friedman, PhD

Janna Magee, PhD

Kyle Babick, PhD

Adrienne Gardner, PhD

James Majors, PhD

Steven Bailley, PhD

Sylvia Gearing, PhD

Raul Martinez, PhD

Laurie Baldwin, PhD

Bonny Gardner, PhD

Patricia Martinez, EdD

Elizabeth Barry, PhD

Susan Gifford, PhD

Xavier Martinez, PhD

Patricia Barth, PhD

James Goggin, PhD

Catherine Matthews, PhD

Carolyn Bates, PhD

Josue Gonzalez, PhD

Donald McCann, PhD

Barbara Beckham, PhD

Michael Gottlieb, PhD

Glen McClure, PhD

Connie Benfield, PhD, ABPP

Lois Graham, PhD

Joseph McCoy, PhD

Joan Berger, PhD

Jerry Grammer, PhD

Jerry McGill, PhD

Malcolm Bonnheim, PhD

Steven Gray, PhD

Richard McGraw, PhD

Erica Burden, PhD

Charles Gray, PhD

Robert McKenzie, PhD

Robin Burks, PhD

Dennis Grill, PhD

Robert McLaughlin, PhD

L. Carol Butler, PhD

Tirsha Gunn, PhD

Robert McPherson, PhD

Michelle Byron, PsyD

Judy Halla, EdD

Robert Mehl, PhD

Lyle Cadenhead, PhD

T. Walter Harrell, PhD

Muriel Meicler, PhD

Elaine Calaway, PhD

Sophia Havasy, PhD

James Meredith, PhD

Linda Calvert, PhD

JoBeth Hawkins, PhD

Brad Michael, PhD

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Carol Middelberg, PhD

Michael Whitley, PhD

Jayne Gordon, PhD

Charles Middleton, PhD

Caroline Williams, BA

Bernard Gotway, PhD

Janice Morris, PhD

M.Wright Williams, PhD

Carol Grothues, PhD

Leon Morris, EdD

Shirley Willis, PhD

Barbara Ann Hall, MA

Lee Morrison, PhD

Connie Wilson, PhD

Annette Helcamp, PhD

Suzanne Mouton-Odum, PhD

Lee Winderman, PhD

David Hensley, PhD

JoAnn Murphy, PhD

James Womack, PhD

Victor Hirsch, PhD

Randy Noblitt, PhD

Eirene Wong-Liang, PhD

A. Grace Jennings, PhD

Frank Ohler, PhD

John Worsham, PhD

Sarah Kramer, PhD

Rafael Otero, PhD

Murray Worsham, PhD

Richard Krummel, PhD

Michael Pelfrey, PhD

Kathryn Wortz, PhD

Wanda Kuehr, PsyD

Francisco Perez, PhD

Jarvis Wright, PhD

Betty Lanier, EdD

Laurence Perotti, PhD

Burton Zung, PhD

Michele Larrow, PhD

Sally Proter, EdD

Rochelle Levit, PhD

Price Pritchett, PhD

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Marilyn Maas, PhD

Shelley Probber, PsyD

Elizabeth Abbott, PhD

Patricia Mahlstedt, EdD

Walter Quijano, PhD

Donna Abbott, PhD

Dwayne Marrott, PhD

Robin Reamer, PhD

Bruce Allen, PhD

Ronald Massey, PhD

Lynn Rehm, PhD

Martin Ancona

Charles McDonald, PhD

John K. Reid, PhD

Karen Belter, PhD

Carig Moore, PhD

Elizabeth L. Richeson, PhD

Karen Berkowitz, PhD

Stuart Nathan, PhD

Laurie Robinson, PsyD

M. Lee Berryman-Tedman, PhD

Sergio Orozco, PhD

Diana Rudolph, PhD

Bonnie Brookshire, PhD

Patricia Perrin, PhD

Ann Salo, PhD

Stacy Broun, PhD

Dorothy Pettigrew, PsyD

Steven Schneider, PhD

Timothy Brown, PhD

Lynn Aikin Price, PhD

Leigh Scott, PhD

Idel Bruckman, PhD

Aurelio, Prifitera, PhD

Robbie Sharp, PhD

King Buchanan, PhD

Kathleen Sawyer, PhD

Jev Sikes, PhD

Wilma Bush, PhD

Harriet T. Schlutz, PhD

Kevin Smith, PhD

Ralph Casazza, PhD

R. Gaston Scott, EdD

Laura Spiller, PhD

Terri Chadwick, PhD

Norman Shulman, EdD

Nanette Stephens, PhD

Leslie Crossman, PhD

Gregory Simonsen, PhD

Alan Stephenson, PhD

C. Munro Cullum, PhD

Judith Smith, EdD

Thomas VanHoose, PhD

Kenneth Cyr, PhD

Jana Swart, PhD

Nancy VanMorkhoven, PhD

Dana Davies, PhD

Thomas Tully, EdD

Melba Vasquez, PhD

Sharon Davis, PhD

Mark Wernick, PhD

Mark Voeller, PhD

Jack Deines, PhD

William Whitehead, PhD

David Wachtel, PhD

Alexandria Doyle, PhD

Alison Wilson, PhD

B.R. Walker, PhD

S. Jean Ehrenberg, PhD

Cedric Wood, MA

Michael Walker, EdD

William Erwin, PhD

Richard Wall, PhD

Anne Esquivel, PhD

Colleen Walter, PhD

George Faibish, PhD

Patricia Weger, PhD

Elizabeth Fowler, EdD

David Welsh, PhD

Alan Frol, PhD

Joan Weltzien, EdD

Cynthia Galt, PhD

Richard Wheatley, PhD

Lisa Berg Garmezy, PhD

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Angela Ladogana, PhD

Sam Buser, PhD

Barbara Abrams, EdD

Betty Lanier, EdD

Jim Cox, PhD

Joan Anderson, PhD

Marilyn Maas, PhD

Caryl Dalton, PhD

Connie Benfield, PhD, ABPP

Craig Moore, PhD

Robert Gordon, PhD

Stacy Broun, PhD

Karl Neumann, PhD

Jerry Grammer, PhD

Pauline Clansy, EdD

James Campbell Quick, PhD

Joseph Kobos, PhD

Dennis Coburn, PhD

Michael Walker, EdD

George Lazar, PhD

Anette Edens, PhD

Deborah Whitehead-Gleaves, PhD

Catherin Matthews, PhD

William Erwin, PhD

Shirley Willis, PhD

Robert McLaughlin, PhD

Larry Fisher, PhD

Deanna Yates, PhD

Manuel Ramirez, PhD

Barbara Hall, PhD

Marian Yeager, PhD

Oscar Ramirez, PhD

JoBeth Hawkins, PhD

Laurie Robinson, PsyD

David Hensley, PhD

Robbie Sharp, PhD

Victor Hirsch, PhD

David Wachtel, PhD

Ira Iscoe, PhD

Colleen Walter, PhD

Burton Kittay, PhD Amelia Kornfeld, PhD

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2003 Sunrise Fund Contributors Ramona Aarsvold, PhD Marcia Abbott, PhD Barbara Abrams, EdD Marianna Adler, PhD Constance Adler, PhD Carolyn Anderson, PhD Joan Anderson, PhD Judith Norwood Andrews, PhD Larry Aniol, PhD Cheryl Armbrust, PhD Richard Austin, Jr., PhD Laurie Baldwin, PhD Lisa Balick, PhD Eileen Barbella, PhD Elizabeth Barry, PhD Patricia Barth, PhD Deborah Barton, PhD Julie Bates, PhD James L. Baxter, MA Karen Belter, PhD James Besyner, PhD, ABPP Robin Binnig, M.S. Bonnie Blankmeyer, PhD Deborah Boelter, PhD Hautina Bollinger, PhD Norman Bouffard , PhD Peggy Bradley, PhD Joy Breckenridge, PhD Franklin Brooks, PhD Bonnie Brookshire, PhD Stacy Broun, PhD Timothy Brown, PhD J. Martin Brown, PhD Joan Bruchas, PhD Erica Burden, PhD Robin Burks, PhD Paul Burney, PhD Mary Burnside, PhD Sam Buser, PhD Steven Callahan, PhD Kay Campbell, PsyD John Cannell, PhD David Cansler, PhD Bob L. Carpenter Ralph Casazza, PhD Joseph M. Casciani Susan CassaNo, PhD SPRING 2004

Virginia Celmer, PhD Mercy Chieza, PsyD Gloria Chriss, PhD Antoinette R. Cicerello, PhD Pauline Clansy, EdD Donna Copeland, PhD Carol Cossum, EdD Ray Coxe, PhD Harold Crasilneck, PhD Rosalie Cripps, PhD Maria Concepcion Cruz, PhD Walter Cubberly, PhD Charles Dalton, PhD Donna Davenport, PhD Philip Davis, PhD Jack Deines, PhD Anitra DeMoss, PhD Sid Dickson, PhD Roberta M. Diddel, PhD Michael Downing, PhD Alexandria H. Doyle, PhD Stephen D. Drake , PhD Alice I. Draving, PhD Patricia Driskill, PhD Michael Duffy, PhD, ABPP James A. Duncan, PhD Richard E. Eckert , PhD Anette T. Edens, PhD Richard R. Eiles, PhD Michelle A. Emick, PhD Virginia (Ginger) Enrico, PhD Richard Ermalinski, PhD Trenton Everett, BA Michael Farady, PhD Robert Federman, EdD Stephen E. Finn, PhD Alan T. Fisher, PhD Lynn Fisher-Kittay, PhD Joseph E. Fogle, PhD Duncan L. Forest, PhD Shirley Friedman, EdD Lois C. Friedman , PhD Cheryl Fuller, PhD Marsha T. Gabriel, PhD Ronald Garber, PhD Adrienne (Ann) Gardner, PhD Elizabeth A. Garrison, PhD

Lauren M. Gaspar Missid Ghanem, PsyD Michael R. Ghormley, BS Martin Gieda, PhD Penny M. Goffman, PhD Vera A. Gonzales , PhD Rolf W. Gordhamer, PhD Jerald Gottlieb, PhD Addison Gradel, EdD Thomas Graf, PhD Melissa Graham, MEd Dennis Grill, PhD Pamela B. Grossman, PhD Carol A. Grothues, PhD Gerald (Jerry) Grubbs, EdD, MSCP William B. Gumm, PhD Ranee B. Gumm, PhD Beth Gunn Michele Guzman, PhD Cheryl L. Hall, PhD Lester E. Harrell, PhD James B. Harris, PsyD Sophia K. Havasy, PhD W. Laura Hawk, PhD William M. Helton, PhD David B. Hensley, PhD Marian H. Higgins, PhD Clifford L. Hirsch, PhD Haskel Hoine, PhD Charles E. Holland, PhD John Hoper, MS C. Alan Hopewell, PhD David Hopkinson, PhD Melanie L. Horn, PhD Sharon G. Horowitz, PhD Sandra L. Hotz, PhD Donna Hughes, PhD Cheryl F. Hughes, PhD Mary A. Gordon Hurd, PhD Adele H. Hurst, PhD Holly Huston, PhD C. Robert Ingram Linda J. Jackson, PhD Daniel W. Jackson, PhD Lesajean Jennings, PsyD A. Jack Jernigan, PhD Thomas Johnson Texas Psychologist

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Johnny C. Johnson, PhD A. Michael Johnson, PhD William Jones, PhD Krista D. Jordan, PhD Walter Journigan, PhD Rita N. Justice, PhD Blair Justice, PhD Frances H. Kimbrough, PhD Burton A. Kittay, PhD Christopher L. Klaas, PhD Joseph C. Kobos, PhD Kenneth Kopel, PhD Richard Kownacki, PhD Sarah Kramer, PhD Bruce Kruger, PhD Richard P. Krummel, PhD Tom Kubiszyn, PhD Angela Ladogana, PhD John W. Largen, PhD Michele F. Larrow, PhD Vivian D. Laverty, PhD Sarah Lederer-Snow Dana Lehman, PhD Mark Lehman, PhD Jo Ellen Leslie, PhD Bert D. Levine, PhD Franklin D. Lewis, PhD Mary A. Little, PhD David S. Litton, PhD Daniel L. Logan, PhD Victor E. Loos, PhD Stephen L. Loughhead, PhD Thomas H. Mann, PhD Bruce Mansbridge, PhD Perry Marchioni, PhD Dwayne D. Marrott, PhD Stephen K. Martin, PhD Xavier Martinez, PhD Lynn M. Matherne, PhD Clyde C. Mayo, PhD Patricia McBride-Houtz, PhD James C. McCabe, PhD Donald C. McCann, PhD David G. McCarley, PhD Stephen P. McCary, PhD, JD Joyzelle H. McCreary, PhD Charles McDonald, PhD Sherry McKinney, PhD Mary E. McNaughton-Cassi, PhD Robert Mehl, PhD

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Muriel Meicler, PhD Carol V. Middelberg, PhD Maritza Milan, PhD Larry J. Miller, PhD Robert W. Moats, PhD Janice M. Morris, PhD Leon Morris, EdD George R. Mount, PhD James Lawrence Muirhead, PhD Kavita Murthy, PhD Stuart J. Nathan, PhD Gary Neal, PhD Naomi D. Nelson, PhD Margaret P. Norris, PhD Will Norsworthy, PhD Gina R. NovelliNo, PhD Fernando Obledo, PhD Rafael F. Otero, PhD George Parker, PhD Carole G. Pentony, PhD Harold Perry, PhD P. Caren Phelan, PhD JoAnn Ponder, PhD Chris Poulson, PsyD Kim Praderas, PhD John Price, PhD Lynn Aikin Price, PhD Manuel Ramirez, PhD Patrick D. Randolph, PhD Jayne M. Raquepaw, PhD Karen Rasile, PhD John K. Reid, PhD Janet Bond Rexroad, EdD Herbert Reynolds, PhD Elizabeth L. Richeson, PhD Dan Roberts, PhD Richard Rogers, PhD Leslie Rosenstein, PhD Olga Ruiz de Arana, EdD David M. Sabine, PhD Earl S. Saltzman, PhD Barbara Sanford, PhD Gordon C. Sauer, Jr., PhD John Savell, PhD Kathleen Sawyer, PhD Richard T. Scott, MA R. Gaston Scott, EdD John Sell, PhD Cristina Serrano, PhD Verlis L. Setne, PhD

Karen Settle, PhD Robert M. Setty, PhD Henya Shanun-Klein, PhD Theresa Sharpe, PhD Huntly Shelton, PhD Jeffrey C. Siegel, PhD Bernard Silver, PhD Edward G. Silverman, PhD Tana Slay, PhD W. Truett Smith, PhD Bryan E. Smith, PsyD Julia B. Spears, PhD James M. Stedman, PhD Nanette Stephens, PhD G. Keith Stewart, EdD Emily G. Sutter, PhD Jana Swart, PhD Arthur R. Tarbox, PhD Daniel J. Thompson, PhD Thomas J. Tully, EdD Dana B. Turnbull, MA Thomas A. Van Hoose, PhD Nancy D. Van Morkhoven, PhD Jessica Varnado, PhD Melba J. T. Vasquez, PhD Laurel Bass Wagner, PhD Belinda Walker, PhD Michael Walker, EdD Colleen A. Walter, PhD William Wardell, PhD David J. Welsh, PhD Joan Weltzien, EdD Peggy Wheaton, PhD Jim C. Whitley, EdD Christina Williams, PhD S. Kelly Williams, Jr., PhD Alison Wilson, PhD Nancy E. Wilson, PhD James R. Womack, PhD Murray E. Worsham, PhD Jarvis A. Wright, PhD Mimi Wright, PhD Sara Young, PsyD Robert Zachary, PhD Tim J. Zeddies, PhD Carol Zuccone, EdD Burton J. Zung, PhD

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CLASSIFIEDS Employment Opportunity Dallas County, the second most populated county in Texas, is currently seeking: PSYCHOLOGIST (Salary Commensurate w/ experience) Psy.D. or Ph.D. in clinical or counseling psychology.

One year supervised clinical experience in psychology service. Must be licensed by Texas Board of Examiners.

Must be willing to relocate to Dallas County.

Visit www.dallascounty.org or call our office at (214) 653-7638. Equal Opportunity Employer Austin group looking for a colleague!

Come join an existing group of solo practitioners each with a minimum of 10 years in private practice. Very nice office in central Austin with support staff. Pleasant atmosphere with well-established professionals. This is a wonderful opportunity to establish or expand a practice in Austin with the possibility for immediate referrals. (512) 454-3685.

Licensed Psychologist Needed. Expanding interdisciplinary private group practice seeks a Texas licensed psychologist.

Must have experience in working with children school age to adolescents. Located in a prominent part of Houston, the office has a very attractive setting. Very little managed care/emergency work. Excellent benefits. E-mail resumes to John@tarnowcenter.com or fax to 713-621-7015.

STAFF PSYCHOLOGIST NEEDED. The Callier Center for Communication Disorders is a nationally recognized research, diagnostic and treatment facility that has been part of the University of Texas at Dallas since 1975. We seek a full-time PhD level clinical psychologist to join the multidisciplinary clinical staff serving individuals with communication impairments. The psychologist will work with speech-language pathologists, audiologists and educators serving individuals with mental health concerns and coexisting communication disorders related to developmental delay, hearing impairment, language disorder, autistic spectrum disorder and/or brain injury. Patients range in age from 6 months - elderly.

Minimum Professional Qualifications include a PhD or PsyD in Clinical Psychology from an APA approved training program and a Texas Psychology License. Necessary experience includes: administration of nonverbal IQ tests, diagnosis of PDD, mood/anxiety disorders, etc in early childhood, skill in use of parent guidance and coaching, crisis management with suicide and child abuse. Prefer ABPP in Neuropsychology, Texas LSSP, Fluency in Spanish and/or Sign Language may be eligible for a one-time hiring bonus.

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Washington Update continued from page 25 from the Council of Economic Advisors and FDA commissioner Mark McClellan, who keynoted the meeting. All of this suggests that the project might have the ear of the White House. In addition, the project has attracted bipartisan interest, as Senator Joe Leiberman’s staff was present and Senator Ron Wyden was the featured speaker at a “kickoff” press conference. Furthermore, the current phase of the project is attempting to get messages placed and questions raised with as many of the existing presidential hopefuls as possible.

There are many coalitions and processes similar to this one, but this one seems to have more potential than most. To Quote Russ Newman, “Although this project could come up dry given the overwhelming challenges we face in health care today, it seemed to us in the Practice Directorate to be among the more promising projects we’ve seen. This effort to stimulate grassroots dialogue and community involvement could very well prove to be the missing pieces for successful health care reform.”

As always, I welcome your thoughts on this column. You can most easily contact me via e-mail at Rlevant@aol.com.

Ronald F. Levant, EdD, ABPP, is the recently elected APA President.

He is in his second term as Recording Secretary of the American Psychological Association. He was the Chair of the APA Committee for the Advancement of Professional Practice (CAPP) from 1993-95, a member at large of the APA Board of Directors (1995-97), and APA Recording Secretary (1998-2000). He is Dean, Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL. ✯ Texas Psychologist

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Texas Psychological Association Professional Education Conference Marriott Woodlands Waterway Hotel March 26-27, 2004

Schedule at a glance: Friday, March 26 12:00-1:30 Lunch provided (Chris Shields, TPA’s Legislative Consultant to speak) 2:00-3:30 TBD 1.5 hour CE 3:45-5:15 What, No Documentation?: Written Policies and Procedures for the Mental Health Practice (Brian Carr, PhD) 1.5 hour CE Saturday, March 27 8:30-10:00 TPA's legal consultation attorney and his most frequently asked questions.

Common dilemmas answered.

(Sam Houston-attorney) 1.5 hour CE 10:15-11:45 Nice people CAN collect bad debts. Let us show you how!

(Parker Wilson, I.C. System) 1.5 hour CE 12:00-1:15 Lunch on your own 1:30-4:30 Strategies for Ethical Decision Making in Psychotherapy (Robert McPherson, PhD and Melba J. T. Vasquez, PhD, ABPP) 3 hours CE

Registration and hotel accommodations are available at www.texaspsyc.org. Just follow the link "2004 Professional Education Conference" on the front page!